Centuries of marine radiocarbon reservoir age variation within archaeological Mesodesma Donacium shells from Southern Peru

Radiocarbon

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1207-1214

  Jones, Kevin B ^a,b   Hodgins, Gregory W L ^c   Etayo Cadavid, Miguel F ^d   Andrus, C Fred T ^d   Sandweiss, Daniel H ^e  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NSF Arizona AMS Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^e University of Maine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARAGONITE; BIVALVE; CHRONOLOGY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESERVOIR; SHELL; UPWELLING;

PERU;

MESODESMA DONACIUM; PSEUDOCARDIUM SACHALINENSIS;

EID: 78049239973     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200046282     Document Type: Article

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